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One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.

To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate. Does the sedition catch from man to man Addison. To catch at, to attempt to seize; to be egger to get or use. "[To] catch at all opportunities of subverting the state." Addison. -- To catch up with, to come up with; to overtake.

The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.

The kiling of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley.

A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.

To ruminate mentally; to meditate on. He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. Prior. To chew the cud, to chew the food ocer again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate. Every beast the parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. Deut. xxiv. 6.…

A cavalry raid; hence, a military expedition. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.

le, as sines, tangents, secants, etc. -- Circular note or letter. (a) (Com.) See under Credit. (b) (Diplomacy) A letter addressed in identical terms to a number of persons. -- Circular numbers (Arith.), those whose powers terminate in the same digits as the roots themselves; as 5 and 6, whose squares are 25 and 36. B…

, or from person to person; to spread; as, to circulate a report; to circulate bills of credit. Circulating pump. See under Pump.

The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation. "Fixed in cogitation deep." Milton.

Possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating. "Cogitative faculties." Wollaston.

oncert. If they let things take their course, they will be represented as colluding with sedition. Burke.

In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers.

elative to an alleged bankrupty, and to secure the bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors. -- Commission of lunacy, a commission authoring and inquiry whether a person is a lunatic or not. -- Commission merchant, one who buys or sells goods on commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per cent as h…

h kinds. Bp. Burnet. To commune with one's self or one's heart, to think; to reflect; to meditate.

es of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized. More compendious and exeditious ways. Woodward. Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority -- that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable. Sir T. Elyot.

The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off. Bouvier. Wharton.

stency; accord; congruity. [Obs.] There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. Shak.

To make terms; to stipulate. Pay me back my credit, And I'll condition with ye. Beau. & Fl.